The Rivash (Rabbi Yitzhak bar Sheshet)

ר' יצחק בר ששת (הריב"ש)

Rabbi and halakhic decisor · 1326–1408

Sephardi · EstablishedChristian Iberia

Barcelona rabbi who fled the massacres of 1391 to Algiers, where he became its chief rabbi. His 500-plus responsa are among the most cited in the Shulhan Arukh and shaped North African Jewish life.

The tomb of the Rivash in Algiers, painted by Wilhelm Gentz
The tomb of the Rivash in Algiers, painted by Wilhelm Gentz. Wilhelm Gentz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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